The ReSporter: You seemed really excited after the end of last season having several athletes with another year of experience. Is that still a sense of expectations as you prepare for this Track Season?

Coach Lambert: “Yes it is. We had a very strong young team last year and we are looking forward to having them back this season. We have some upper classman that are showing great enthusiasm for this season and are lookig to spread that enthusiasm with the entire team once we have everyone there together.”

The ReSporter: You have had two girls advance to State in each of the last two seasons. How does that help in motivation for this year’s squad, especially since Marisa is returning this season?

Coach Lambert: “It really shows the other girls how hard you have to work to make it to the state meet, but it also shows them that they too have a chance to make it to state so they are willing to put the work in to be the best.”

The ReSporter: You have some speed with several Ninth graders last season that finished second in District in the 4×100 and 4×200. How many of these athletes will make a jump to Varsity?
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Canyon Lake had several sports banquets last week and The ReSporter would like to give you the scoop on who did what.

Last Thursday night CL had golf, baseball, and track teams in attendance at the Hawk gym, where the coaches and parents had the opportunity to hear about their sons and daughters and give them the accolades that were well deserved.

BASEBALL:

Logan Felch

“Future looks bright,” Head Coach Trent Dunavant started as he rallied the team for their awards. “This was the hardest working group and it looks very promising for next year. Senior night went very fast with only one player. We are very young and I’m excited for next year.”
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Canyon Lake has another first when both Jordan Anderson and Marisa Ellis

Jordan Anderson finishes Sixth in Statei

placed sixth in their respective events this past weekend in Austin for the 3A-State Track Meet.

Marisa Ellis’ event (Triple Jump) was scheduled for Friday night and Ellis responded with a sixth place finish. Her 36-00.50, jump was off her previous best mark in the Region Meet two weeks ago, but the Junior can now concentrate on next season knowing what is possible as a Senior.

In our article earlier last week, you would have read where Ellis is not going to scratch and she followed through with her performance and not having a scratch on any of her jumps.

Ellis first jump was 34-07.75 and that had her in sixth place after the first round, where she ended up after her sixth jump.

The jump that solidified her placing was on her fourth try when she cleared 35-04.75, which had her a full foot further than the other three participants vying for placing in this event.

Ellis had her personal best jump two weeks ago when she cleared 37-04.50 in Corpus Christi.

This was the second year in a row for Canyon Lake Girls to score points at the State Track Meet. Jessica Cunningham competed in the Pole Vault last year for the Hawks.

Jordan Anderson was also scoring for the Hawks as this Junior improved his 400 Meter Dash time by almost a full second from his previous record two weeks ago in Corpus.
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Bracken Christian took 12 athletes to Waco last weekend for the TAPPS State Track

Congratulations to the 12 All State Tracksters

Meet and finished within the top 10 in both the girls and boys team.

Grady Achilles came into the meet with the goal of defending his 100 and 200 Meter Dash. For the third time!

Mission accomplished, as the Senior finished his athletic  career for BCS as one if not the best male athlete for the Warriors.

“Grady has determination,” Head Coach Terri Sanders said. “He is very confident in his ability.”

Achilles seemed to be reaching this year’s meet without the consistency he had enjoyed in previous State Meets.
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The ReSporter: What does it mean for this program to finally have that first athlete

Canyon Lake Tracksters

(Jordan Anderson) break through the barrier and get to Austin?

Coach Levi Montgomery: “Jordan is a very talented young man. His work ethic matched his talent this season, and he deserves the success he has had. His going to the state meet is another first for Hawk Athletics, and we are proud of him.”

The ReSporter: Share some about the Seniors and what you would like the fans and other students to know about their years at CL.

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Marisa Ellis will be Canyon Lake’s second participant for Boys and Girl’s Track Team

Marisa Ellis finishing Strong

this week as she attempts to Triple Jump her way for a medal in Austin.

Marisa, at our last writing was on a mission to have a personal best jump and clear the 37 foot mark. The distance had haunted this Junior for two years when she went to the Region Meet as a Freshman for Midlothian jumping just shy of that mark.

The distance was finally reached on her second to last jump in last weeks Region Meet in Corpus Christi when she hit 37’4.5”.

“I had jumped 36’8” and was in first for a while,” Ellis recounted. “Then two girls beat my jump on the second to last jump and I was in third.”

No pressure for Ellis as she still had two more jumps to get into second or first place and make the next round in Austin.
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Jordan Anderson has scored 250 points for the Hawks this Track Season.

State Bound Jordan Anderson running 400 Meter at Corpus Christi

That number could of been higher if he competed in all the events he was qualified to run in Corpus Christi Regional Meet last week.

So seven meets and 250 points with one more chance to add to that total this next week in Austin. Pretty impressive for any athlete.

“I felt myself breaking down,” Anderson started. “So, I decided to put all my eggs in two baskets, the 400 and High Jump.”

Anderson had qualified for five events and before the Regional Meet he had whittled down his events to only two the 400 Meter Dash and High Jump.

The prelims in the Regional Meet would have the participants running just once and based on their time, they would know if they would get to run in the finals the next day.

In Anderson’s heat he found himself in sixth place and he had to wake up in time to be able to qualify for the finals.
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Distance Runner Barrett Corey

Not to take anything away from Senior Kevin Knapick, but Bracken Christian will be concentrating more on the Track than the Field part at the State Meet starting this Friday and Saturday in Waco.

Bracken will be competing in the 2A Division and the top four finishers qualified for the right to represent their school before the school year closes.

BCS will have 12 students vying for the chance to bring home more hardware from this track season.

Katy Wilmotte finished first in the 3200 Meter Run at the Regional Meet. Her second place finish in the 1600 Meter Run will also allow her to garner more points for the Team.

Wilmotte finished with a time of 13:09 last year competing as a Sophomore at the State Meet and she qualified two weeks ago with a best time of 12:53 for this season.

The good news is that the 3200 and 1600 Meter Runs will be run on two different days giving those runners time to recoup from that draining race.

“Katy finished third at State last year,” Head Coach Terri Sanders started. “She knows what she is capable of doing and with the right stride and with her confidence will allow her to finish strong.”

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Jordan Anderson Takes First in 400 Meter Run

Marisa Ellis and Jordan Anderson will both be busy the next two weeks. As the Sports scene for the 2011-12 season for Canyon Lake draws to a close these two athletes will be showcasing their talents in Austin.

Marisa Ellis had her personal best jump when she cleared the 37 foot barrier by four and a half inches and in so doing will be one of the favorites in the Triple Jump.

Ellis will be one of six other athletes that has jumped past the 37 foot barrier at the State Meet in two weeks.

Last week in our conversation with the Junior Jumper, her main goal was to get past a standard that had been hard to get over. Now that she has broken that distance more goals loom in competing against eight other triple jumpers from around the State.
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Canyon Lake athletes are new with many of the, ‘We have never been this far

Freshman Mariah Ellis in 4x400 Relay

before,’ scenarios.

This week the Boy and Girl Hawk Track Teams will be competing against the best schools in Region IV, which is comprised of eight districts.

Two weeks ago each athlete that finished in the top three of any event punched their ticket to compete in the Region Meet that is being held at Corpus Christi this Friday and Saturday.

To advance to Austin for the State Meet these athletes will have to be in the top two in order to have a chance to run or throw or jump again.

The ReSporter has documented where Canyon Lake’s finishes have compared to their competitors. (you can find that below in our graph)

Last year Canyon Lake Girls Track Team had Jessica Cunningham make it to State in the Pole Vault. Cunningham also finished in fifth place scoring two points for Canyon Lake and breaking the ice for hopefully more Hawk athletes.

Cunningham has taken her Pole Vault Event and is now jumping for Stephen F. Austin.

The boys have not had a chance to go to State since they are still waiting to qualify but now they are in the qualify for the Second Day mode.
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